Oily fish

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As fat fish are edible fish referred to in the muscle tissue, the grease exceeds a proportion of about 10 percent; depending on the type, it can be over 30 percent.

Known types are z. B. Herring , butter mackerel , sprat , salmon , mackerel , tuna , eel , dogfish as well as black halibut and catfish (catfish).

Oily fish are considered to be of nutritional and physiological value because of their omega-3 fatty acid and vitamin D content .

In contrast to the oily fish, there is the group of low - fat types of lean fish known in fisheries such as cod or haddock , as well as medium - fat fish such as carp and halibut .

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  1. Gerald Rimbach, Jennifer Nagursky, Helmut F. Erbersdobler: Food and goods knowledge for beginners. 2nd edition, Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-46279-9 , p. 114.